• Mourners carry the body of 26-year-old Palestinian Shadi Arafa during his funeral in the West Bank city of Hebron. Hazem Bader / AFP
    Mourners carry the body of 26-year-old Palestinian Shadi Arafa during his funeral in the West Bank city of Hebron. Hazem Bader / AFP
  • A masked protester jumps on the roof of a car during minor clashes with Turkish police, in Istanbul. Cagdas Erdogan / AP Photo
    A masked protester jumps on the roof of a car during minor clashes with Turkish police, in Istanbul. Cagdas Erdogan / AP Photo
  • Egyptian women queue at a polling station at a school in Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Desouki / AFP
    Egyptian women queue at a polling station at a school in Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Desouki / AFP
  • An internally displaced girl holds a baby after her family left their village in the Achin district of Afghanistan. Mohammad Anwar Danishyar / AP Photo
    An internally displaced girl holds a baby after her family left their village in the Achin district of Afghanistan. Mohammad Anwar Danishyar / AP Photo
  • An Israeli border policeman fires a tear gas canister towards Palestinian protesters during clashes near the Jewish settlement of Bet El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
    An Israeli border policeman fires a tear gas canister towards Palestinian protesters during clashes near the Jewish settlement of Bet El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
  • Egyptians gather inside a polling center waiting to vote, during the second phase of the parliamentary elections, in Menoufiya, Egypt. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
    Egyptians gather inside a polling center waiting to vote, during the second phase of the parliamentary elections, in Menoufiya, Egypt. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
  • A Saudi man uses his mobile phone near a car submerged in flood waters following heavy rain, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters
    A Saudi man uses his mobile phone near a car submerged in flood waters following heavy rain, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters
  • Lebanese competitors prepare a giant manousheh, a traditional flat-bread garnished with thyme, spices, sesame and olive oil, in a schoolyard in the town of Choueifat. southeast of the capital Beirut, Lebanon. AFP
    Lebanese competitors prepare a giant manousheh, a traditional flat-bread garnished with thyme, spices, sesame and olive oil, in a schoolyard in the town of Choueifat. southeast of the capital Beirut, Lebanon. AFP
  • A protester places a Palestinian flag during clashes with Israeli troops near the border between Israel and Central Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
    A protester places a Palestinian flag during clashes with Israeli troops near the border between Israel and Central Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters

Region in focus - November 25, 2015


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The best images from the last seven days from around the Gulf and across the Middle East.